Chapter 494 Snowworm Discovery
The igloo with a diameter of 6.5 meters still looks very spectacular.
It is not easy to seal the roof. When Liu Hefeng first started to build the first ice house, he failed to do so and it finally collapsed.
But after many attempts, I gradually found the trick.
While Liu Hefeng was cutting the last ice brick into the appropriate size, he explained the trick to Lu Yuan who was watching.
Lu Yuan listened very carefully and planned to build a smaller one next to it after their ice house was built.
Anyway, the snow is ready, so just use it to practice.
The larger the igloo, the more difficult it is to build. The main reason is that the larger the diameter of the igloo, the easier it is for the ice bricks on the top to collapse.
Therefore, the final finishing cannot be sloppy, and you must have enough patience to ensure that all the ice bricks are frozen together.
There are two types of doors for igloos. One type is to fix some arched steel bars on one side of the igloo, and then open a short door.
Another way is to build the entire igloo and then dig a small hole in the ground next to it as the entrance door.
Among them, the second type of door, which is a hole dug directly, will build an igloo with better warmth, but it will be more inconvenient to enter and exit.
Han Ying and her colleagues chose the first type of door, and Liu Hefeng also helped them make a stainless steel door frame with a door that can be pushed inwards.
Such a door would be less warm than entering through a hole in the ground, but they would stick animal skins on the inner walls of the igloo.
This way you can light a stove inside the igloo, so the warmth won't be too bad.
And the most important thing is that this ice house is just a temporary residence for her and Lu Yuan on the farm, and they only live here occasionally.
The igloo has been built, but the ice bed inside has not yet been made.
Liu Hefeng roughly explained to Lu Yuan how to make an ice bed. It is actually not difficult. It is just a matter of compacting ice and snow layer by layer without leaving any gaps.
Of course, if you don’t want to sleep on an ice bed, that’s okay, but the bed needs to be moved in before building the igloo.
Otherwise, the door of the igloo is too small and the bed and furniture can’t fit in.
There weren't many pieces of furniture in Han Ying's and her friends' ice house, just two cabinets for storing things, a set of wooden tables and chairs, a set of lazy sofas, a stove for cooking and heating, and a doghouse for the dog.
These were all moved in by Han Ying in advance. They were put in when the ice house was halfway built. Otherwise, they would not be able to move in when the ice house was completed.
Of course, these are just the ones on the surface, and the others will be added slowly when the two of them move in.
After all, the diameter of their igloo is 6.5 meters. Although it will gradually shrink during construction, the usable area is still very large.
After Liu Hefeng and the others left, Han Ying took out a carpet from the space and covered the entire floor with it.
As for the white rabbit skin that I want to stick on the inner wall, I have only accumulated one third of it for the time being, and it has all been nitrated, so I can stick it on first.
Stick it from top to bottom, stick it on the top first, and then stick it down if there is any accumulation at the back.
It is also very simple to stick rabbit skin. Just dip some water and stick it on, and it will freeze solid after a while.
This way, even if you light a fire in the igloo, it won't fall down, which is amazing.
Han Ying specifically asked Liu Hefeng about this, because the inside of Liu Hefeng's ice house was covered with rabbit skins.
Han Ying seriously suspected that these rabbit skins might be some of the ones that she and Lu Yuan sold to Scar Wei.
Of course, there are also a lot of rabbits on the ranch, so they might be from the ranch.
After tidying up the things in the ice house, Han Ying locked the door and walked out of the ice house with Lu Yuan, crouching down.
They have already spent quite a bit of time in the igloo today, so they have to go back to the farm.
Lu Yuan had to go to the experimental field and greenhouse, while Han Ying went to the ranch.
Gu Yuanping just called to ask when the ranch will slaughter the pigs. He wants to order a pig heart.
A pig has only one heart, but since the deputy base commander had spoken, Han Ying agreed.
So Han Ying wanted to go over and take a look at the three big fat pigs.
Everyone on the ranch knows that every livestock there is precious, so they take good care of them.
The three adult pigs that were old enough to be slaughtered were fat and would not grow much meat if they were kept any longer, which was a bit of a waste of pig feed.
After arriving at the ranch, Han Ying first went to see the three big fat pigs and decided to kill the fattest one.
After receiving the order, the people at the ranch began to boil water and prepare to slaughter the pigs.
The pig was estimated to be at least 300 pounds. To be able to grow to this size, it shows how well they live.
Under the sugar-coated bullets, the big fat pigs have grown faster and faster, but now it is time for them to pay the price.
After the pig was slaughtered, the pig heart was given to Gu Yuanping, and then 200 kilograms of meat and half of the offal were sold to the base shopping mall, and the rest were sent to the farm canteen.
Of course, it is impossible to use it to feed the entire farm, but it can be stored and used for personal cooking.
Han Ying decided to slaughter a pig every half a month. There are still two adult pigs waiting to be slaughtered. After those two are slaughtered, new adult pigs will grow up.
A pig is slaughtered today, and Han Ying plans to have someone slaughter a batch of rabbits tomorrow, all male rabbits of course, and the female rabbits will be kept to continue breeding.
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Just when the three adult pigs were slaughtered at the ranch, Han Ying and Lu Yuan heard a piece of news from the research institute.
Officials have discovered the existence of snow bugs.
The completely white snowworm is a rare treasure in the apocalypse.
The male is about the size of a thumb, while the female is about the size of a little finger.
Snowworms are not easy to find, but once you find them, you will definitely find a whole nest.
The reproduction method of snow worms is somewhat similar to that of ants or bees. There will be many male and female worms in a nest of snow worms, but only one female worm will appear that can reproduce offspring.
Both male and female insects can be used as medicine, and are very effective in treating chilblains, chapped skin, and frostbite caused by extreme cold. They are simply like a gift from God.
The only queen in each nest has an incredible power that can attract hundreds of phantom insects that parasitize the human brain.
In his previous life, Lu Yuan was out looking for this kind of queen insect when he met Han Ying who had fallen off a cliff. He cremated her body and buried it under the cliff.
The existence of the phantom insect has existed since the beginning of the extreme heat, and many people have actually chosen to forget the existence of the phantom insect.
Because this thing doesn't seem to be fatal, it just slowly invades the entire brain until it completely controls the body.
In fact, the authorities have secretly captured many people who were completely controlled by the Hundred Illusion Bugs, and told the public that these people were missing or deceased.
These people were not killed by the authorities, but were sent to carry out some dangerous missions. After all, they were no longer human beings.
But after all, this parasite is invisibly invading more humans, so it would be great if there was a way to solve it completely, or to nip it in the bud like the light worms during the thermal extreme.
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